Action research for the transmission of the unspeakable

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23131
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0104:Geography, cultural anthropology, folklore, and related fields
• Research Institution: Fukuyama City University (2022); Osaka University (2019-2021)
• Principal Investigator: Miyamae Ryohei 福山市立大学, 都市経営学部, 講師 (20849830)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 集合的トラウマ / 被災写真返却活動 / 〈不在〉 / 半分当事者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The goal of this research was to investigate how the experiences of post-disaster survivors, which are difficult to put into words, can be passed down to future generations through action research that involves fieldwork. By focusing on the concept of "collective trauma," the study found that the loss of community during the recovery process made it difficult for survivors to express their experiences. Furthermore, photograph of "lacuna," which fail to depict what should be present in them, suggested that the unspeakable can be conveyed without actually speaking about it.

Free Research Field

社会心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで概念的な研究が主だった「語り得なさ」の輪郭をフィールドワークによってあきらかにした点に本研究の学術的な意義がある。また、集合的トラウマのように語り得なさもまた個人的なものではなく、集合的に生じることが被災地での調査によって示唆された。これらの結果から、語り得ないものを語り得ないまま伝承することによって、語り得ないことが語りによって覆い隠されることなく伝承される可能性が示唆された。このことは本研究の大きな社会的意義であると考える。